A recent winner in the Vocalist of the Year category at the Jazz FM awards, UK-based US vocalist Judi Jackson's new studio album My American Songbook, will be released on November 10 ahead of a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on November 12 as part of this year’s London Jazz Festival. The ten-track collection features Jackson’s distinctive take on classic tracks from the jazz canon.
I'm not quite sure how the Beatles' Here Comes the Sun turns up in an American Songbook nor would I refer to it as being a classic from the 'jazz canon'. However, working on the premise that music and jazz in particular transcends boundaries and that, in the voice of Ms Jackson and the hands of Jamie Safir it is certainly worthy of a late entry. In fact, to my ears, it is much more listenable and certainly jazzier than the original.
The other tracks, in the main, meet the criteria and Jackson's take on Willow is a blues drenched soulful version displaying her wide range effectively. Again Safir is right there with some Bourbon Street piano.
Solid support throughout make this an album well worth checking out. Lance
Here Comes theSun; Peel me a Grape; Willow Weep For me;
With You; The Thrill Is Gone; Don’t Let me be Misunderstood; Baltimore; Stormy
Weather; My Baby Just Cares For me; Come Rain or Come Shine
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